“ An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion. ”
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“ In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease. ”
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“ In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease. ”
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“ An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion. ”
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“ A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero. ”
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“ Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable. ”
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“ However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology threatens widely held values so fundamental that they must be called religious. ”
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“ Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart. ”
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“ Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming. ”
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“ Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart. ”
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“ But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere. ”
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“ Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution. ”
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“ In our day (though not in earlier times) technical solutions are always welcome. ”
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“ To many, the word coercion implies arbitrary decisions of distant and irresponsible bureaucrats; but this is not a necessary part of its meaning. ”
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“ To many, the word coercion implies arbitrary decisions of distant and irresponsible bureaucrats; but this is not a necessary part of its meaning. ”
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“ But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling for a redefinition of property rights. ”
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“ Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable. ”
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“ To many, the word coercion implies arbitrary decisions of distant and irresponsible bureaucrats; but this is not a necessary part of its meaning. ”
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“ To many, the word coercion implies arbitrary decisions of distant and irresponsible bureaucrats; but this is not a necessary part of its meaning. ”
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“ In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate. ”
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“ A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the techniques of the natural sciences, demanding little or nothing in the way of change in human values or ideas of morality. ”
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“ Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable. ”
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“ No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means. ”
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“ To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we enjoy it. ”
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“ The rational man finds that his share of the cost of the wastes he discharges into the commons is less than the cost of purifying his wastes before releasing them. ”
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